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UC San Diego Joins West Coast Conference As Affiliate Member In Rowing For 2027 Season

https://wccsports.com/news/2026/7/24/wo ... owing.aspx

With regard to possible changes to the NCAA DI championship: There is about 0% chance of reducing / replacing AQ teams with faster at large teams. AQs are a deeply ingrained principle within the NCAA DNA. It is very common for NCAA championship sports to have AQ selections that are not as competitiv...

Sarah Puddicombe Elevated to Head Rowing Coach

https://hornetsports.com/news/2026/7/13 ... coach.aspx

From the NCAA: The DI Cabinet has unanimously approved the proposed age-based eligbility model that will start an athlete’s eligibility clock upon initial enrollment or at the start of the academic year after an individual’s 19th birthday, whichever occurs earlier. The Cabinet’s decision is not fina...

In separate news, "Murray State will add women’s beach volleyball, women’s bowling, women’s rowing , STUNT and men’s tennis to its sports lineup. While all five will be fully sponsored D1 programs, none will offer athletic scholarships ." https://www.kfvs12.com/2026/06/14/murray-state-appr...

The federal judge in the lawsuit against the University of Oregon has rejected Title IX class action certification for the beach volleyball and club sport rowing plaintiffs. In an interesting bit of logic, the judge looked at race times posted by the club rowing team, determined that the rowers did ...

by crewu » Sat May 30, 2026 11:11 am What were the women's 8s times in 1996? Xeno set the Oly record in the 1X that weekend but we're the women as quick as Texas on this same course? To the best of my recollection, the conditions were not conducive to fast times during the 1996 Olympics when the wo...

Drake Women’s Rowing HC Charlie DiSilvestro will resign after more than three decades leading the program and transition to a new role as Advisor to the AD.

https://godrakebulldogs.com/news/2026/5 ... owing.aspx

The University of Notre Dame has reorganized its athletic department to better handle NIL and revenue sharing with student-athletes. They now have a Deputy Athletics Director overseeing the financial division and the football program has a Chief Operating Officer (COO). Notre Dame has also created t...

The scoring system that sandor posted is correct. Applying this system to head-to-head racing is fine, but the real question is what happens when you get to a full field of 22 racing. In the five-team results posted by sandor, UCLA's first 8 only beat Michigan by .25 seconds. So it would be tough to...

I don't think that shenanigans precipitated the 2022 change in lightweight weigh-in procedures. The IRA website cites "To ensure parity among the league, the coaches agreed in 2022 that all athletes...." The impetus seems to have come more from school-to-school or group-to-group difference...

What are the rules of swapping across the separate rosters? There are a few NCAA bylaws that cover having a separate women's lightweight team. An institution that conducts a rowing program that includes heavyweight rowing and lightweight rowing may employ two additional coaches. Each of the institu...

You can read all about the IRA lightweight weigh-in procedures here: https://www.irarowing.com/coxswain-ltwt-weigh-ins Pertinent excerpts: Weigh-ins should be held prior to any spring race in which a women's collegiate lightweight crew is participating. A regular season weigh-in is to be held the da...

Rumor is 50% of Texas incoming recruits in 2026 are overseas…… Texas announced 16 signees back in November. Seven have a hometown in the United States. Nine list a hometown in a foreign country. In February they added another international recruit from the UK. From the November press release: "...

Yesterday (April 20, 2026), U.S. District Judge Todd Robinson approved the landmark settlement of the Title IX class action lawsuit against San Diego State University. As expected, the approved settlement matched the proposed settlement which both sides had agreed to. Plaintiff attorney Arthur Bryan...